It got so bad that guys were buying teams instead of paying bills at home...Blue911(Former Governor Marion Barry's coke fiend friend, just kidding), Jose, specs, Eb, pindogg, jeez, some hilarious stuff got posted.....Not just text, but also the funniest pics you ever saw...It was the event, everyone got in the act....

I love dogs, particularly Irish Wolfhounds. I had a great one, topped 200 lbs and over seven feet tall standing on his hind legs. I live in Southern California, and I recall the first time it rained during Seamus's lifetime - I looked out the window, and there he was staring up at the sky (not with his mouth open, thank goodness) with this quizzacle look on his face. Obviously smarter than juggalo.

For you old-timers, that's not the best story I have regarding Seamus as you may recall. I define this as the "I have the best wife in the world" story. A few years after the above incident, I was living in Carmel, California, running a small restaurant with a wine store attached (I'm a sommelier, if my handle didn't convey that). My usual day was I'd go in early and open the shop; come home for lunch; and head back mid-afternoon for dinner service. One day I come home for lunch, and Seamus is sitting on the couch raptly watching the TV. As I enter the living room, I see that a lesbian porn tape is playing; I hear my wife back in the office, and head that way. Me: "Darling, why is there lesbian porn on the TV?" Wife: "Seamus seems to like it."

Posted by DoctorKz on 6/15/2012 2:07:00 AM (view original):It got so bad that guys were buying teams instead of paying bills at home...Blue911(Former Governor Marion Barry's coke fiend friend, just kidding), Jose, specs, Eb, pindogg, jeez, some hilarious stuff got posted.....Not just text, but also the funniest pics you ever saw...It was the event, everyone got in the act....

It's good to see you say that. I've often wondered if my recollection of when I started were somehow romanticized in my memory. The fora were more 'wild' back then, but we were pretty damn good at policing ourselves.

Posted by DoctorKz on 6/15/2012 2:18:00 AM (view original):We were only so tolerant of those unable to read and comprehend...You were treading on sacred ground back then, trespassing was not allowed.

The problem is, we don't have good villains! The arrogance of Lemayripper, the pretentiousness of tombarrister, the braggadacio of bigkahuna, the idiocy of juggalosteve, the manic-depressiveness of caracarn - there's no foil in the posts any more. I'm all for helping my fellow player (to a point!) but that only goes so far. I honestly think the lack of enthusiasm for the SIM lately has as much to do with the lack of villains as it does the long lapse between updates. Maybe I need to start an alias ...

Oh yes, Dick Burns was a staple in those Big Dick leagues(sford's creation).....I'd do advanced scouting, scouring baseball.reference.com, searching for a name that hadn't yet been discovered...I'd rush home from work to update all the running leagues(my shift ended at 3am), otherwise come morning I was getting hate mail and death threats...

Another great member of the forums was "The Mayor" - TUMH20_BOPS. Also, I'm not sure if he still does it or not but CLK0619 used to make up an entire league of his own teams, just to try different things and (I believe) try to set unbeatable records.